Pilot study to re-analise and report on Tonga standardised tests of achievement : reading and numeracy, final, 21 May 2012 / [prepared by Chris Freeman.]
[Australia] : Australian Agency for International Development, 2012Description: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:- text
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TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection | PAC 371.26 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | FEAH25052174 |
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Title from cover.
Printed with "track changes" on margins.
"Draft" appears on pages 26 through 56.
"This report has been prepared by Chris Freeman, Research Director of the Systemwide Testing Program at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)."--Page 2.
Executive summary -- Item analysis-summary findings -- Item analysis-conclusions -- Reporting-using data efficiently -- Analysis of Tongan grade 4 standard tests of achievement -- Recommendations -- Appendix 1 - Attachments.
"In August 2010, the Tonga Post of AusAID requested ACER to undertake research focused on assessment data from Tonga in association with the Institute of Education (IOE) of the University of the South Pacific (USP). This research was to address two broad issues: a. What do the Tongan Grade 4 Standard Test of Achievement tell us about student learning by identifying items on which students perform most poorly; and analysing whether poor performance is associated with lack of subject knowledge and conceptual understanding, or with language used in those test items; and b. What teaching and learning processes in classrooms appear to be associated with better performance on the test, and what kinds of teacher and school support are required to bring about changes in learning outcomes?"--Page 7.